Dr James Edwards

Lecturer in Biomedical Science - Microbiology (Education)

Qualifications

I joined Peninsula Medical School as a Lecturer in Biomedical Science in 2013. I previously worked as a research scientist and Teaching Fellow at the University of York. I have worked on a variety of research projects, both in industry and academia, with the most recent studying respiratory processes and growth physiology in pathogenic bacteria. At York I taught on a number of biochemistry modules and supervised undergraduate project students. At Plymouth, my position allows me to focus on teaching our undergraduate medicine and postgraduate physician associate students about various topics in microbiology and treatment of infectious disease. Occasionally I work with other groups of students too. I teach with a blend of approaches which you can get a sense from via my Youtube page. 

Qualifications

BSc (Hons) Microbiology, University of Surrey, 2002

Ph.D, Department of Biology, University of York, 2006

PGCAP, University of Plymouth, 2014

Twitter: @pupsmd_micro

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/je129/featured

Professional membership

Member of the Microbiology Society

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Roles on external bodies

• I currently sit on the Microbiology Society Sustainability committee
• I co-organised the Microbiology Society 'Teaching Microbiology in Higher Education' symposium at the 2019 conference:

https://microbiologysociety.org/event/society-events-and-meetings/teaching-microbiology-in-higher-education-symposium.html#tab-1

• I am involved in planning the 2021 conference along with colleagues from other institutions.